Green Day and Jimmy Fallon perform in disguise in the NYC subway station
Green Day and host Jimmy Fallon during Subway Busking on Thursday, January 18, 2024.
Todd Owyoung/NBCAnything can happen in New York City — even a surprise serenade from punk rockers Green Day during an after-work drive.
During the Thursday January 18 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonGreen Day members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt And Tre Cool connected host Jimmy Fallon to go shopping at the 47-50th Street subway station, near Rockefeller Plaza. The four were all dressed up for the occasion: Armstrong, 51, wore a blonde wig and matching mustache; Dirnt, 51, wore a long brunette wig and sunglasses, making him look like he was walking out of Laurel Canyon in the 1970s; Cool, 51, wore glasses and a beatnik goatee; and Fallon, 49, looked like a hippie with a beard and wig.
The quartet started the set with “Feel Like Making Love” by Bad Company as people gathered to watch. But the ruse was soon over: all four men left their costumes behind before heading into Green Day's 'Basket Case'. In addition to the cover of Kiss' “Rock and Roll All Nite,” the band played “Look Ma, No Brains!” and “Dilemma” from their new album, Saviorsand closed the set with a performance of their hit “American Idiot.”
During the final song, both Armstrong and the assembled crowd sang the updated lyrics – swapping “Redneck agenda” for “MAGA Agenda” – just as Green Day did during their performance on Rocking New Year's Eve by Dick Clark last month.
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The not-so-secret performance in the subway took place on Tuesday, January 16. Word of the band's performance made waves on social media, with fans trying to reach the station in time to see the show. Fallon eventually broadcast the footage on the eve of Saviors Edition.
In We weekly' In the eyes of Green Day, Green Day's latest album 'is one of [their] best” albums in years. “It's fast, irreverent and above all fun. The band achieved this aesthetic comeback by embracing their strengths: making catchy rock songs about being in love, screwing up but getting by, and having fun while the world burns,” it reads. Us'early review. The group “excavated elements from their past and successfully linked them to their present.”
Green Day is about to start The Savior Tour during the summer, playing their classic albums, Dookie And American idiot, in their entirety as they celebrated their new LP. The tour kicks off its North American leg on July 29 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC.
Green Day and host Jimmy Fallon during Subway Busking on Thursday, January 18, 2024.
Todd Owyoung/NBCRancid, The Smashing Pumpkins and The Linda Lindas will join Green Day for the tour, with The Hives, The Interrupters, Donots, Maid of Ace and Nothing But Thieves performing on select dates.